“Blockers” is an embrace of female sexuality cleverly woven into a comedic film. Emphasizing social messages and laugh-out-loud jokes alike, the movie revolves around three high school girls who plan to lose their virginity on the night of their senior prom. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Quantrell D. Colber/Universal Pictures)
A morally sound hit man smashes in the skulls of sex traffickers and spearheads Lynne Ramsay’s latest vigilante thriller, “You Were Never Really Here.” Directing the follow-up to her critically acclaimed 2011 psychological thriller “We Need to Talk About Kevin,” the Scottish filmmaker returns to the big screen with a bitingly visceral and visually captivating masterpiece in which Joe (Joaquin Phoenix), a traumatized Iraq War veteran, earns his living by rescuing children from the sex trade. Read more...
Photo: (courtesy of Alison Cohen Rosa, Amazon Studios)
Roselma Samala and Christine Sumiller spent New Year’s Day of 2013 at Patricia Perez’s house, sipping mimosas and brainstorming ideas for the bar they wanted to open. Read more...
Photo: Daily Bruin alumnae Patricia Perez, Christine Sumiller and Roselma Samala opened their bar Genever on March 7. Genever is the only bar in Filipinotown run entirely by women, and women-owned bars, Perez said, are a rare occurrence nationwide. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Assistant Photo editor)
Science is everywhere, especially in movies and TV shows, ranging from the chemistry in “Breaking Bad” to the physics in “Gravity.” But not all of the “science” is actually science. Read more...
Audience members and dancers will meet eye to eye at “Dearest Home” on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA will present dance professor Kyle Abraham’s performance “Dearest Home” at the Freud Playhouse. Read more...
Photo: Matthew Baker and Kayla Farrish previewed “Dearest Home” in the Northwest Auditorium Wednesday. Both dancers are a part of professor Kyle Abraham’s dance company, which will perform April 5,6 and 7 at the Freud Playhouse.(MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin)
HOOLIGAN Theatre Company’s production of “The Little Mermaid” will take place both under the sea and under the stars. Recreating the Broadway rendition of the famous children’s tale, HOOLIGAN will perform the show – along with its classic Alan Menken score – Thursday to Saturday at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center Amphitheater. Read more...
Photo: First-year English student Sylvia Camacho plays Ariel in Hooligan Theatre Company’s production of “The Little Mermaid.” Despite never having taken formal vocal lessons, Camacho said singing has always been a part of her life and she identifies with Ariel’s attachment to her voice. (Farida Saleh/Daily Bruin)
Shota Homma struggled with the fast and arpeggiated movements of Robert Schumann’s Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor. But on Sunday, the second-year music student played the piece in front of thousands of audience members at Carnegie Hall. Read more...
Photo: Second-year piano performance student Shota Homma played Robert Schumann’s Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor in front of a Carnegie Hall audience. He started taking lessons at the age of 4 and after moving to the United States from Japan and became interested in making classical music more available. (Courtesy of Shota Homma)
